[gmx-developers] So . . . Gromacs? GROMACS?

[massimo sandal]

Why should it have a single "correct answer"? Language is the outcome of
usage. If both variants are widely used, then they're both equally
legitimate.
On 13 Apr 2013 20:50, "Shirts, Michael (mrs5pt)" <
mrs5pt at eservices.virginia.edu> wrote:

> Mark, Justin-
>
> It's good to have your opinion, but it seems like this should be something
> that has a correct answer, not just opinions! It would be good to hear from
> the main developers as to what it should be, and then perhaps we should try
> to change the references on the website so that they are consistent, and
> maybe make a note of that somewhere on the webpage on the correct usage.
>
> Best,
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Michael Shirts
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Chemical Engineering
> University of Virginia
> michael.shirts at virginia.edu
> (434)-243-1821
>
>
> > From: Mark Abraham <mark.j.abraham at gmail.com>
> > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:01:43 +0200
> > To: Discussion list for GROMACS development <gmx-developers at gromacs.org>
> > Cc: "michael.shirts at virginia.edu" <michael.shirts at virginia.edu>
> > Subject: Re: [gmx-developers] So . . . Gromacs? GROMACS?
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:43 PM, Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Shirts, Michael (mrs5pt) <
> >> mrs5pt at eservices.virginia.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> What is the official way to write the name? Gromacs or GROMACS? Is
> there
> >>> one?  It's frequently 'Gromacs' on the web site, but the manual and
> >>> Bioinformatics paper on 4.5 says "GROMACS". Should this be
> standardized on
> >>> the web page?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Being that it's an acronym, I've always tried to make it GROMACS on the
> >> website and in the manual, wherever I find it occurring; I always
> thought
> >> that was the correct way.
> >>
> >
> > Ja, same. But I have no real care either way. I have more important wars
> to
> > fight. Like whitespace on gerrit :-P
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > Some inconsistencies remain, but such is life with wikis. I get lazy in
> my
> >> emails and type "Gromacs," but that's just because I want to avoid
> shift ju
> >> jitsu and/or caps lock.
> >>
> >> -Justin
> >>
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> >>
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> >>
> >> Justin A. Lemkul, Ph.D.
> >> Research Scientist
> >> Department of Biochemistry
> >> Virginia Tech
> >> Blacksburg, VA
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> >>
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